I was hesitant to buy online because I know what ‘matte’ usually means – looking patchy on my semi-dry lips. I ran into an ELF endcap at Walmart and picked up Natural to try it out. Possibly my best $3 I’ve spent in a while. LOL

The packaging is pretty basic, but nice looking. It has a colored piece at the bottom which makes it easy to identify which color you’re going for.

This isn’t jumbo by any means, but it’s shape does allow for easy application. You can keep this shape pretty easily because it includes a ‘hidden’ sharpener at the end of the pencil. I say that because I just discovered a few days ago. It is clever though.

Despite being matte, this doesn’t sink into every little line on my lips. It’s creamy, applies smoothly, and does not dry out my lips. This has pretty average staying power for a lipstick, about 3-4 hours.

The only problems I’ve had with this product is with the packaging, and I was able to fix it. My oldest one, Natural, decided that it wasn’t going to twist up. I turned it upside down and gave it a few strikes against my desk and the problem sorted itself out.